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Judges 20:23

(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, truly sorrowful over their display of sinful self-confidence, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin, my brother? The question implies some doubts concerning the justice of their cause. And the Lord said, Go up against him.)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 20:23. _GO UP AGAINST HIM._] It appears most evident that the Israelites did not seek the protection of God. They trusted in the _goodness of their cause_ and in the _multitude of their a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 20 THE HORRIBLE WAR _ 1. The Levite's story (Judges 20:1)_ 2. The uprising (Judges 20:8) 3. The slaying of the Israelites (Judges 20:12) 4. Benjamin exterminated except six hundred men ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGES 20. THE OUTRAGE AVENGED.The congregation (LXX Synagô gç) is a post-exilic term. The words as one man suggest a unity of action such as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges. Th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis._ App-6. BEFORE THE LORD. At Shiloh (Judges 18:31). ASKED COUNSEL. By Phinehas, with Urim and Thummim. Compare Judges 20:28, and see notes on Exodus 28:30;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _wept before the Lord_ Cf. Judges 20:26; Judges 2:4; Judges 21:2. After _went up_we should supply _to Beth-el_, as in Judges 20:26....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Israel Defeated in Two Battles Judges 20:17-23_ 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. 18 And the children of I...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ROSE UP IN THE MORNING, AND ENCAMPED AGAINST GIBEAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BENJAMITES The Levite recounts his wrongs to a full assemblage of the tribes, who decree punishment upon Benjamin. Their first two attacks are unsuccessful, but the third results...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This v., placed in brackets, should really precede Judges 20:22, on which Judges 20:24 properly follows. 25. In these two battles the Israelites thus lose a tenth of their whole number....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 20 V1 Then all the *Israelites from Dan to Beersheba came to meet together. They also came from the area called Gilead. They all met at Mizpah, wher...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — This verse is parenthetical and retrospective. The whole narrative is arranged in a very simple manner, and shows an unformed archaic style. AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF BENJ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַ יִּבְכּ֣וּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1 FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out. Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious convictio...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The other tribes called upon Benjamin to release to them the wicked men that they might be put to death in accord with the law (Deuteronomy 22:22). By refusing to release them, the rest of the tribe o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    And join battle. This is an explanation of Hebrew, "against him." (Haydock) --- The Israelites still neglected to sue for the divine protection, trusting in their numbers. God sends them again to batt...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The apparent success of Benjamin, is a lively representation of the seeming success of Satan, in the holy war. How frequently are God's people apparently worsted, and in the conflict, prompted to excl...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21. The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT UP AND WEPT BEFORE THE LORD UNTIL EVEN,.... The evening of the day in which the battle was fought; not that the whole army went up to Shiloh to the house of God there,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Judges 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The men of Israel encouraged_ Hebrew, _strengthened themselves_, supporting themselves with the consciousness of the justice of their cause, and putting themselves in better order for defending thems...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth his wrong. 8 The decree of the assembly. 12 The Beniamites being cited, make head against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two battels loose fourty...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WENT UP AND WEPT; not so much for their sins as for their defeat and loss, as appears by the sequel. AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN MY BROTHER; they impute their ill success not to their own sins, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 20:23 children H1121 Israel H3478 up H5927 (H8799) wept H1058 (H8799) before H6440 LORD H3068 evening

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Judges 20:23 a ‘And the children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even, and asked counsel of Yahweh, saying, “shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my broth...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Civil war in which the Benjamites are punished. CHARACTERS: God, a Levite, Phinehas. CONCLUSION: We cannot expect the presence of God with us in our enterprises unless we seek it by humblin...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 20:11. _All the men of Israel were knit together._ Why had they not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and nece...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin._ FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE It may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse such...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:1 Gibeah was a Benjaminite city, and so an assembly of all Israel came together at Mizpah to take action against Benjamin (vv. Judges 20:1). The Benjaminites, who apparently w...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE (Judges 20:1.) _HOMILETICS_ 1. _This cry was universal_ (Judges 20:1). “From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient voice. 2. _They were in earnest_ (Ju...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 20:18 THE HOUSE OF GOD. In this rendering the A.V. follows the Vulgate, which has _in domum Dei, hoc est, in Silo. _But the Septuagint has Βαιθὴλ, and all the ancient authorities,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it had what he hoped it would have. It had a shock effect upon the tribes. They were horrified to get part of a torso, a leg, an arm, a head and they gathered together and this man told them the e...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hosea 5:15; Judges 20:26; Judges 20:27; Psalms 78:34...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Wept — Not so much for their sins, as for their defeat and loss. My brother — They impute their ill success, not to their own sins, but to their taking up arms against their brethren. But still they p...

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